A VT Post
I had promised myself that I wouldn't make a post about the VT shootings. So many people (from the media to LJ) have said so much that I felt there was little that I could add. I have chatted with my LJ friends from VT and read their stories. It somehow felt right to read their stories and focus on the pain/reactions of those who were there than to muddy the waters with my second-hand reaction to it. I wasn't there, I didn't lose anyone to it, I don't feel any fear of a similar incident happening here. I wish that there was more that I could do for my LJ friends from VT, but I accept the fact that I am an outsider in this.
So, I'd promised to not make a post...but then I came upon an article by a Dinesh D'Souza. "Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Atheists are nowhere to be found." I read this and the rest of D'Souza's branding of Atheists as uncaring, unhumane people--and all I can think is how hateful of a person he is. Not only hateful towards Atheists in his words, but hateful of the people touched by this tradegy. It is their tradegy, their pain, and it doesn't deserve so little respect as to be used to push someone's political agenda of discrimination and hate. I may have different views on what good & evil are or what a soul is, but this Atheist can see one thing clearly: D'Souza has no soul and has an evil heart. He has no soul by my definition because he has no compassion for those griefing and because he feels some right to this tradegy as his personal crusade of hate against another group of people. I know that there are Atheists on the VT campus. How do I know this? Because they are griefing in their blog posts. Let them grief, D'Souza, and let your hate be saved for the people like the Phelps clan and yourself, people who abuse the grieving of others for their own goals. We do not need a biblical definition of evil to see your hate for what it is.
A much better response to D'Souza is made in this blog post by mapantsula, a Professor at VT and an Atheist
So, I'd promised to not make a post...but then I came upon an article by a Dinesh D'Souza. "Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Atheists are nowhere to be found." I read this and the rest of D'Souza's branding of Atheists as uncaring, unhumane people--and all I can think is how hateful of a person he is. Not only hateful towards Atheists in his words, but hateful of the people touched by this tradegy. It is their tradegy, their pain, and it doesn't deserve so little respect as to be used to push someone's political agenda of discrimination and hate. I may have different views on what good & evil are or what a soul is, but this Atheist can see one thing clearly: D'Souza has no soul and has an evil heart. He has no soul by my definition because he has no compassion for those griefing and because he feels some right to this tradegy as his personal crusade of hate against another group of people. I know that there are Atheists on the VT campus. How do I know this? Because they are griefing in their blog posts. Let them grief, D'Souza, and let your hate be saved for the people like the Phelps clan and yourself, people who abuse the grieving of others for their own goals. We do not need a biblical definition of evil to see your hate for what it is.
A much better response to D'Souza is made in this blog post by mapantsula, a Professor at VT and an Atheist